Accountant

Exceed HR and Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in South Africa is seeking a Financial Controller in Cape Town. The role includes preparing monthly management accounts, overseeing supplier payments, and managing payroll data submission. Candidates must have a Financial Degree and two years of accounting experience. Proficiency in tools like Sage Evolution and Pastel Partner is advantageous. This position offers a competitive salary in a vibrant work environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years accounting experience in a similar role.
• Proficient in Sage Evolution for payroll and banking.
• Strong knowledge of management reporting and reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare Monthly Management Accounts & Financial Reporting.
• Oversee the Creditor Clerk function for supplier payments.
• Ensure integrity of the Fixed Asset Register and manage depreciation.
• Assist with payroll data submission to the payroll department.

Skills

Financial Degree

Accounting experience

Pastel Partner

Sage Evolution

Advanced Microsoft Office

Nedbank Processing

Education

Financial Degree

Tools

Pastel Partner

Sage Evolution

Job description

Accountant job vacancy in Camps Bay, Cape Town.

A Financial Controller position is currently available in Observatory, Cape Town.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Monthly Management Accounts & Financial Reporting
  • Preparing the first draft of the monthly management accounts pack with commentary on variances from budget
  • Compiling a monthly Balance Sheet reconciliation file, to ensure integrity of financial statement line items presented
• Management
  • Oversight over the Creditor Clerk function
• Supplier reconciliations
  • Reviewing of the creditors clerk’s supplier reconciliations
  • Ensuring the Municipal Invoice checklist is completed, to ensure all invoices have been captured for the month
  • Ensure all suppliers are reconciled before payment
  • Inspection of the supplier age analysis on a monthly basis
• Payment to suppliers
  • First authorisation of new suppliers after checking all details loaded by the creditor clerk with relevant sources
  • Review of all payment batches received from creditor clerk for accuracy and completeness thereof
  • First authorisation of payments and send to authorised manager for second authorisation
• Cash Control & Banking
  • Updating the Sage Evolution control accounts and reconciliations after the creditor clerk has imported the bank statements
  • Allocate all receipts to correct customer invoices
• Payroll
  • Providing assistance with accurate and timely submission of time sheet information to payroll department on a
    monthly basis
  • Review of monthly reports received from the payroll department
  • Capturing of the payroll data on Sage Evolution
  • Capturing the salaries and wages payment batches on the online banking platform and sending it to the authorised
    manager for release
• Accounts receivable
  • Preparing ad-hoc customer invoices
  • Ensure the monthly billing cycle is performed accurately and timeously
  • Follow up on any outstanding debtors as part of the monthly review process
  • If a debtor balance is outstanding longer than 30 days and follow up with the debtor proved unsuccessful, communicate with the financial manager in a timely manner
• Fixed Assets
  • Ensure the integrity and maintenance of the Fixed Asset Register
  • Send the updated Fixed Asset Register to the relevant departments on a monthly basis for accuracy and completeness checks
  • Calculate and account for depreciation on a monthly basis after verification by the relevant departments

Requirements:

• Financial Degree
• Two years Accounting experience
• Pastel Partner
• Sage Evolution (advantageous)
• Advance Microsoft Office
• Nedbank Processing